Beginner's Guide to the Fair Housing Act

Amy M. Glassman is Of Counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP. She represents public housing authorities, developers, nonprofits, and other recipients of HUD funds in regulatory, administrative, transactional, and related matters. Ms. Glassman has extensive experience with HUD regulatory and statutory compliance issues. She advises clients on fair housing, accessibility, and disability issues related to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Fair Housing Act, including policy development, defense of litigation, development issues, and fair housing investigations. She lives in Washington, DC. Nydia M. Pouyes of Washington, DC is an associate at Ballard Spahr LLP and represents public housing authorities on a variety of issues, including public housing demolition and disposition, Section 504 compliance, fair housing matters, federal procurement requirements, mixed-finance transactions, Rental Assistance Demonstration transactions, relationships with public housing affiliates and instrumentalities, uses of program income, and tenant-based and project-based housing choice vouchers.